Is a Fish Conscious?

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There's no direct way to measure consciousness in another being. If i went through this myself and then came back again, i would find that pretty convincing. Silicont systems, not conscious. But one way i like to come at this is to imagine actually going through this your fand gradually replacing, say, the biological nurons in your brain by silicon chips which play the same role. At the end of this y i'm here. I'm conscious, at least if the silican chips are good enough. It's a really tough question. That's one that we already face, save with non human animals. Is a fish conscious? Ah, is a caar conscious?"

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